The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-15
FLORIDA,

Levy county was carried by the Prohlbl-
tionists in Tuesdays election.
The Oak Hall Base Ball Club, of Gaines
vile, viii challenge the Orlando club.
At Orlando Officer McKewen has seven
teen men, subject to street tax, working
out their taxes.
Key West is startled by the rumor that
the Spanish gunboats cruising around the
island are endeavoring to kidnap several of
the leading ban-American citizens.
The fall term of the Fourth Judicial Cir
cult Court is in session at st. Augustine
The sessions are held in the old Convent
building, the county court house having
been destroyed by fire.
The fourth page of the Ocala Free Press
has been sold TO the whisky men of Marion
county for the campaign, and the proprietor
of the paper claims that he is not response
BILE for anything in those columns.
G. A. Powers had hanging at his stall
in the city market, Orlando, Friday, the
finest and latest saddle of venison ever
brought TO that market The pure white
fat measured three-quarters of an inch on
the back, while the kidneys were completely
hid in rich leaf fat. The saddle weighed
sixty five pounds. The deer was killed in
OSceola county and shipped to Mr.. Powers.
The Baptists of Umatilla arc raising
funds to build a house of worship in the
town. The church now used is now too far
from town for the citizens to attend - nigh.
When the ne church is completed Una
tilla can boast of three new church build
ings. the Methodist, Presbyterian and Bap-
fist. Next year good school building will
be put up, and first-class teacher secured.
1t was stated at public meeting held at
Okahumka Saturday that there was a msun-
Outstanding between the Philadelphia syn
! dictate, which had erected the present hotel
and some of the prominent citizens of the
place, which, if not removed by the accept
ance of the donations already proffored, the
Okahumka and Riverside Land and I'M
provement Company had offered to erect
another hotel building at once, or would
give liberal donations to any party who
would erect suitable hotel.
There was a rumor on the streets of
Orlando Monday that Immediately before
the fire on Saturday night there were three
pistol reports and cries of murder heard in
or about the house burned. A reporter ac-
companied Sheriff understood on tour of
investigation and they soon ran the reports
down and found them entirely groundless.
The house was vacant at the time, and but
little doubt remains as to the fire being the
work of an incendiary, though there is no
clew as to the guilty party.
A steamship line between Pensacola and
Tampa has been arranged for and the first
tI1D will be made by the steamship Cumber
land, which will leave the former port on
Sept. p. just as soon as increasing bust
ness will warrant the venture an additional
steamer, to touch at intermediate points,
will be put upon the lipe. The Cumberland
will make weekly trips between Pensacola
and Tampa, and her proprietors have high
hopes of building up lucrative business in
carrying freight and passengers to and fro.
The Florida Fruit and Vegetable Union
met at Bloomfield Sept 10 and organized
permanently The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: H. E. Wide
man, Presidents l.. 7. Hogan, Vice Presi-
dent; William Stone, Secretary; William
ID. Mehdenhall, Shipping Agent. Twenty
five members were received and all feel
confident of the success of the union. The
books are left at the post Office, and all
shippers of fruit and vegetables are invited
TO call and enter their names as members of
the union. The meeting adjourned to Sat
urday, Sept. II, at 10 a. IN.
Pensacola Commercial: Fresh fish re-
ceipts, reported Tuesday morning, show
| much Improvement on recent conSignments.
They embraced 1000 red snappers by the
smack Estella, 400 red snappers by the
! smack f. Hampstead, 500 red snappers by
the smack Atlanta, 800 red snappers by the
smack Rosa di Lustro, 1000 pounds of
| Spanish mackerel and 2, 400 pounds of other
beach fish, for Z. E. Saunders g. Co; 1000
red snappers by the smack Clarence Bar
/ clay, 900 Spanish mackerel, a few pompano
and other beach fish for Warren & Co. |, 100
red snappers by the smack Mantle, and 500
red snappers by the smack Ripple, for
| the Pensacola Ice Company. Five thou
sand, four hundred and fifty red snappers
are not very small figure for one days re-
ports. Spanish mackerel are rather late in
| the swim; they cannot, however, be consid-
cred sporadic, as they have figured quite
frequently in recent reports This fish
brings l2lSc. per pound very readily in the
Birmingham market. The few pompano
reported above are encouraging.